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No. 323,064. Patented July 28, 1885.

NITED STATES PATENT Ormea STEPHEN A. NoLEN, or SEAnoY, ARKANSAS.

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UPECIFICA'TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,064, dated July28, 1885.

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To all 10.71.0771, it may concern;

Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. NoLEN, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Searcy, in the county of White and State of Arkansas,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showingthe ro underside of a table constructed in accordance with my invention,two ofthe legs being removed to clearly show the recess made in theframe for their reception. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through theframe of the I: table and two of the legs thereof. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of the same passing through the frame and two of the legs.

My invention relates to improvements in tables provided with legs whichare readily 2o removable for packing and transportation; and the objectsof my invention are to produce a frame of great strength and simplicityfor tables and other articles of furniture in which the use vof tenons,mortises, and dovetailed cuts from or into the tableframe is dispensedwith. y

The invention will first be described in connection with thedrawi ngs,and then be pointed out in the claims.

The table-frame is composed of four boards of suitable length to formthe side rails, A, and end rails, B, thereof. The ends of these boardsor rails are 4sawed across,prefer ably at an angle of ninety degrees,tothe edge and side thereof. They are then united by angle-plates C, ofwrought orof cast metal, either plain or ornamental, placed on theoutside of the table-frame, and diagonal braces D are secured to therails on the inside of each corner. Nails, or, preferably, screws,c,arethen driven th rough perforations in the angle-plates into the side andend rails and into the braces D, and the parts composing the frame arethus promptly and firmly united together. The

table-top E is then secured to the table-frame in the usual manner. ASocket or recess, F,

is thus formed at each corner for the reception of the upper end of thetable-legs G. The lower end of said legs may have any suitable form,either cylindrical or polygonal. A square form is first given to theupper end of the legs, but before it can be inserted into one of therecesses F the vertical edge of one of the angles is cut off, givingthereby a pentagonal form to the upper end of each leg correspondingwith the form of the recess F. After the legs are inserted into therecess F they are prevented from coming off by driving a screw throughthe angle-plate into the side of each leg. Vhen the table is to beshipped, the screws f are removed and the legs withdrawn from theirsockets and laid or packed within the space formed between the rails Aand B, and thus a comparatively small package is produced.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination oftable-legs provided with a polygonal tenon at one end thereof, atable-frame having side and end rails with spaces between them, diagonalbraces secured to said rails, and exterior angle-plates having screwspassing through the frame and into the diagonal braces, whereby a mortseis formed for the tenon of each leg,and the rails, diagonal brace,andangle-plate will bear against the different sides of the tenon thereininserted, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination ofthe side and end rails, A B, exterior angle-plates,C, secured to the Sides of the frame, and diagonal braces D, arranged toform together a pentagonal socket between them, with removable legs,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN A. NOLEN.`

lVitnesses:

C. S. GEORGE, J. T. GENTRY.

